Genus: Skorpiovenator CANALE, SCANFERLA, AGNOLIN & NOVAS, 2009
Etymology: Latin, skorpios, "scorpion" and Latin, venator, "hunter"; because
of the abundance of living scorpions moving around the excavation.
Species: bustingorryi CANALE, SCANFERLA, AGNOLIN & NOVAS, 2009
Etymology:
In honor of the late Manuel Bustingory, owner of the farm where the specimen
was excavated.
Holotype: MMCH-PV 48
Locality: Bustingorry's farm, 3 km NW of Villa El Chocon, Neuquen Province, Northwest Patagonia, Argentina.
Horizon: Lower levels of the Huincul Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Cenomanian, Upper Gallic subepoch, Lowest Gulf Epoch, Late Early to Early Middle Cretaceous-Turonian Stage, Uppermost Gallic Subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull and skeleton lacking pectorial girdles (except right ulna), midsection of tail to tip (except 3 distal caudals), cheverons (except one), and left metatarsals.